| snuff it 
 
 pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
 - She died from cancer
 - The children perished in the fire
 - The patient went peacefully
 - The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
 • Syn:
 die, decease, perish, go, exit,
 pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm,
 conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak
 • Ant:
 be born (for: die)
 • See Also:
 die out (for: die), die off (for: die), die down (for: die)
 • Derivationally related forms:
 passing (for: pass), expiration (for: expire), exit (for: exit), going (for: go), decedent (for: decease), decease (for: decease), death (for: die), Death (for: die)
 • Hypernyms:
 change state, turn
 • Hyponyms:
 abort, suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, buy it,
 pip out, drown, predecease, starve, famish, fall,
 succumb, yield
 • Verb Group:
 die, fail, go bad, give way, give out,
 conk out, go, break, break down
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s
 
 
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